Senior Contracts Engineer

Position summary

Key responsibilities

• Administer main contracts and subcontracts from award through completion and close-out.
• Review contracts, specifications, BOQs, drawings, obligations, conditions, notice requirements, and milestones.
• Prepare contractual notices, letters, claims, variation submissions, and other contractual correspondence.
• Evaluate variations, changes, additional works, omissions, delay, disruption, prolongation, and entitlement issues.
• Prepare and substantiate EOT and other contractual claims, coordinating delay analysis with the Planning team.
• Review responses to notices, claims, instructions, and correspondence from project stakeholders.
• Monitor subcontractor compliance and review subcontractor claims, variations, EOT requests, payment matters, and final accounts.
• Maintain registers and records for contracts, variations, claims, notices, instructions, correspondence, risks, and exposures.
• Support negotiation of variations, claims, commercial settlements, final accounts, release of securities, and claims settlement.
• Coordinate with Project Management, Commercial, Quantity Surveying, Planning, Procurement, Engineering, and Site teams.
• Escalate significant contractual risks and maintain documentation protecting the company’s contractual and commercial position.
• Prepare regular reports and support contract close-out, completion documentation, and handover of outstanding contractual matters.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• 8–12 years of relevant contracts experience in the construction and contracting industry.
• Strong main-contractor experience is essential.
• Experience with high-rise buildings, villas, villa communities, and residential developments.
• UAE or GCC construction experience is required.
• Hands-on experience with FIDIC, claims, EOT, variations, contractual notices, subcontract administration, and final accounts.

Technical skills and competencies

• Strong knowledge of FIDIC and construction contract conditions.
• Contract administration and interpretation.
• Claims preparation and substantiation.
• Variation and change management.
• EOT and delay analysis.
• Subcontract administration and contractual risk assessment.
• Commercial and contractual negotiation.
• Dispute avoidance and resolution.
• Contract management, stakeholder management, documentation, reporting, analytical thinking, and problem solving.